unscroll

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verb

To open or unfold progressively, as a scroll does.

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Meanings

verbunscroll (third-person singular simple present unscrolls, present participle unscrolling, simple past and past participle unscrolled)

present singular third person unscrolls · participle present unscrolling · participle past unscrolled · past unscrolled

  1. To open or unfold progressively, as a scroll does.

    Lines were long at the polling stations here well before morning had unscrolled its first light.

    2008 March 30, The New York Times, “Zimbabweans Vote, Desperate for Change”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + scroll.

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APA

unscroll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscroll

MLA

“unscroll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscroll. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unscroll,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscroll.

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